Birds and Mammals Test Review

Which of the following adaptations are used by birds to help with flight?

• High Metabolism

• Hollow Bones

• Feathers

True or False. A Scientist that studies birds would be called an ornithologist.

• True

• False

Birds have a ____ heart with _____ circulation.

• 3 chambered heart

• 4 chambered heart

• single loop circulation

• double loop circulation

Which bird feather is designed to maintain body temperature in cold weather?

• Down feathers

• Contour feathers

• Flight feathers

• Plumage feathers

Which Phylum does birds belong to?

• Chordata

• Echinodermata

• Porifera

• Cnidaria

Birds belong to Class:

• Vertebrata

• Reptilia

• Amphibia

• Aves

True or False. A urinary bladder is an organ that is found in birds.

• True

• False

The bird pictured here has a beak that is adapted most likely for:

• Cracking open seeds & nuts

• Obtaining nectar from flowers

• Straining algae from water

• Ripping flesh from bones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Are birds endothermic or ectothermic?

• Endothermic

• Ectothermic

Select all of the main characteristics of birds

• wings

• feathers

• beaks

• ectothermic